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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles Lee, Shipston-on-Stour, GB;
Assignee:
Matcon (R&D) Limited, Glos, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/00 ;
Abstract
A bulk particulate handling apparatus and method for transferring material between a first and second site which utilizes a stream of gas to remove material from the flow path. Contamination of the flow-path is thereby reduced by providing the stream of gas for the removal of material before and after flow of material. A method embodied by the invention is directed toward the use of a bulk particulate handling apparatus.